ADI reference design platform helps RF designers reduce time to market

ADI reference design platform helps RF designers reduce time to market

Beijing, China - February 28, 2023 - Analog Devices, Inc. announced the launch of a fully integrated open radio unit (O-RU) reference design platform that can help wireless communication designers reduce development risks and shorten product time to market . This platform is a complete solution covering from optical fronthaul interface to radio frequency, and can perform hardware and software customization of radio frequency units (RU) of macro base stations and small base stations. The platform uses the industry's cutting-edge technology, which will drive demand for advanced 4G and 5G RUs, and supports all sub-6GHz frequency bands and power versions, including multi-band applications. 

Today, O-RU development schedules are becoming increasingly tight, and operators' requirements are becoming increasingly demanding and complex. RU developers' resources are stretched thin. Through ADI's complete RU solution with comprehensive auxiliary resources, designers can focus on product innovation, allowing their company to win more RU design opportunities.

The ADRV904x-RD O-RU reference design platform includes ADI’s fifth-generation 8T8R RadioVerse® SoC, whose advanced digital front end includes field-proven digital predistortion (DPD). ADI's full-featured commercial O-RAN 7.2a IP stack is hosted on Intel Agilex 7 F-Series FPGAs with excellent energy efficiency. For the 8T8R macro site deployment scenario, the platform has been tested using Radisys® Layer 2/3 software running on Intel FlexRan server hardware. 

"To complete an advanced RU design, the design resources required cannot be underestimated," said Joe Barry, vice president of marketing, systems and technology for ADI's communications and cloud business unit . "Working with Intel and Radisys, ADI provides a set of proven We are excited to partner with Intel and Radisys to accelerate the potential of Open RAN." 

Mike Fitton, vice president and general manager of Intel's Networking Business Group, said: "In today's RF market, customers need to build cutting-edge systems that meet the requirements of ever-changing standards. The ADI ADRV904x-RD O-RU platform and our high-performance Agilex 7 F "Our broad range of FPGAs complement each other and help customers achieve this goal. Our rich chip product portfolio, coupled with ADI's fifth-generation 8T8R RadioVerse SoC with DFE, can help customers meet a variety of applications with different functional requirements."

Munish Chhabra, senior vice president and general manager of software and services at Radisys, said: "Radisys is pleased to continue our collaboration with Intel and Analog Devices to deliver our award-winning, Release 17-compliant Connect RAN 5G software. This advanced open RF design is easy to Integration sets a performance benchmark and is a critical step in unlocking the full potential of Open RAN.”

For more details, please visit the ADI O-RU RF Platform webpage. The platform, which has proven interoperability and enables full-featured end-to-end calling, will be on display at the ADI booth at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) (Hall 2, No. 2B18). For more information, please visit the ADI MWC 2023 webpage.